Prologue: Shade of fear -- Discovery -- Palancar Valley -- Dragon tales -- Fate's gift -- Awakening -- Tea for two -- A name of power -- A miller-to-be -- Strangers in Carvahall -- Flight of destiny -- The doom of innocence -- Deathwatch -- The madness of life -- A rider's blade -- Saddlemaking -- Thereinsford -- Thunder roar and lightning crackle -- Revelation at Yazuac -- Admonishments -- Magic is the simplest thing -- Daret -- Through a dragon's eye -- A song for the road -- A taste of Teirm -- An old friend -- The witch and the werecat -- Of reading and plots -- Thieves in the castle -- A costly mistake -- Vision of perfection -- Master of the blade -- The mire of Dras-Leona -- Trail of oil -- Worshipers of Helgrind -- The Ra'zac's revenge -- Murtagh -- Legacy of a rider -- Diamond tomb -- Capture at Gil'ead -- Du Súndavar Freohr -- Fighting shadows -- A warrior and a healer -- Water from sand -- The Ramr River -- The Hadarac Desert -- A path revealed -- A clash of wills -- Flight through the valley -- The horns of a dilemma -- Hunting for answers -- The glory of Tronjheim -- Ajihad -- Bless the child, Argetlam -- Mandrake root and newt's tongue -- Hall of the mountain king -- Arya's test -- The shadows lengthen -- Battle under Farthern Dûr -- The mourning sage.